Re:PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key
by arp242 on Saturday July 06, 2024 @05:02AM
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I never said it's "not going to impact anyone", I said it's not comparable.
"Denial of service" is just not a security bug on the same level as "zomg my credit card is stolen". I have argued this many times before, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39377795 – It's easy to knock most sites offline regardless just by flooding it with traffic, don't need long-term plans like this (which are likely to be detected before it even has effect).
> This does happen and break people
I have never heard about a deliberate attack using this method.
"Denial of service" is just not a security bug on the same level as "zomg my credit card is stolen". I have argued this many times before, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39377795 – It's easy to knock most sites offline regardless just by flooding it with traffic, don't need long-term plans like this (which are likely to be detected before it even has effect).
> This does happen and break people
I have never heard about a deliberate attack using this method.